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| 2021 -- H 6252 Enacted 06/29/2021 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| CREATING SPECIAL HOUSE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS AND PROCEDURES FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE RHODE ISLAND COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (CRMC) |
Introduced By: Representatives Ruggiero, Azzinaro, Abney, Carson, Speakman, Cortvriend, Knight, and McEntee |
| Date Introduced: April 16, 2021 |
| WHEREAS, The Coastal Resources Management Council is a management agency with |
| the regulatory functions “whose primary responsibility is for the preservation, protection, |
| development and where possible the restoration of the coastal areas of the state, which extends |
| out to the extent of the state’s jurisdiction in the territorial sea, via the authority given in state law |
| and through implantation of its integrated and comprehensive coastal management plans”; and |
| WHEREAS, A reorganization of the CRMC and its operations and management |
| procedures could provide increased efficiencies, opportunities, and protection of our coastal |
| resources; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That a special legislative commission be and the same is hereby created |
| consisting of fifteen (15) members; five (5) of whom shall be members of the House of |
| Representatives, not more than three (3) from the same political party, to be appointed by the |
| Speaker of the House; one of whom shall be the Executive Director of Save the Bay, or designee; |
| one of whom shall be the Town Administrator of Jamestown, or designee; one of whom shall be |
| the Chair of the Warwick Planning Committee, or designee; one of whom shall be the City |
| Manager of Newport, or designee; one of whom shall be President of R.I. Shell Fisherman’s |
| Association, or designee; one of whom shall be a member of the R.I. Saltwater Angler’s |
| Association, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; one of whom shall be the Dean of the |
| University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, or designee; one of whom shall be |
| the Executive Director of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, or designee; and two (2) of |
| whom shall be a members of the general public, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House. |
| In lieu of any appointment of the legislature to a permanent advisory commission, a |
| legislative study commission, or any commission created by a General Assembly resolution, the |
| appointing authority may appoint a member of the general public to serve in lieu of a legislator |
| provided that the majority leader or minority leader of the political party which is entitled to the |
| appointment consents to the appointment of the member of the general public. |
| The purpose of said commission shall be to make a comprehensive study of, and provide |
| recommendations for, the reorganization of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management |
| Council. |
| Forthwith upon passage of this resolution, the members of the commission shall meet at |
| the call of the Speaker of the House and organize. The Speaker of the House shall select one |
| member to serve as chairperson of the commission. |
| Vacancies in said commission shall be filled in like manner of the original appointment. |
| The membership of said commission shall receive no compensation for their services. |
| All departments and agencies of the state shall furnish information, advice, documentary, |
| and otherwise to said commission and its agents as is deemed necessary or desirable by the |
| commission to facilitate the purposes of this resolution. |
| The Speaker of the House is authorized and directed to provide suitable quarters for said |
| commission; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the |
| General Assembly on or before April 1, 2022, and said commission shall expire on May 15, 2022. |
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